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Oak Ridge Contract Briefing Sparks Huge Virtual Turnout

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

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Oak Ridge Contract Briefing Sparks Huge Virtual Turnout

Lured by the prize of a megabuck contract, more than 150 individuals and 60 organizations registered to take part in online briefings last week on the planned remediation deal at the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. The list of firms that turned out to kick the tires and learn more about the potentially 10-year, $8.3 billion contract reads like a who’s who of the DoE business. These include Atkins, Amentum, Bechtel, BWX Technologies [BWXT], CDM Smith, EnergySolutions, Fluor…

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